Scattering-matrix approach to Casimir-Lifshitz force and heat transfer out of thermal equilibrium between arbitrary bodies

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.042102· OSTI ID:22080318

Messina, Riccardo ^[1]; Antezza, Mauro ^[2]

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1. LNE-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS UMR 8630, UPMC, 61 avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75014 Paris (France)
2. Universite Montpellier 2, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb UMR 5221, F-34095, Montpellier (France)

We study the radiative heat transfer and the Casimir-Lifshitz force occurring between two bodies in a system out of thermal equilibrium. We consider bodies of arbitrary shape and dielectric properties, held at two different temperatures and immersed in environmental radiation at a third different temperature. We derive explicit closed-form analytic expressions for the correlations of the electromagnetic field and for the heat transfer and Casimir-Lifshitz force in terms of the bodies' scattering matrices. We then consider some particular cases which we investigate in detail: the atom-surface and the slab-slab configurations.

• OSTI ID: 22080318
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 84; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
CASIMIR EFFECT
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
HEAT TRANSFER
SCATTERING
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
TWO-BODY PROBLEM